Black Women | Black Women
Mar.31.2013
When we were little kids, my Mother developed a little practice that she still uses to this day. Whenever she felt the need to have some space (in hindsight, I kinda think she'd do this whenever she just wanted a nap), she would go to her bedroom and close the door. Just before she closed the door...
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Mar.16.2013
I'm a huge fan of L.C. Coleman Johnson's Colored Girl Confidential blog and read it regularly.
This week, fresh after marrying the love of her life and getting back into blogging, LC launched a YouTube video entitled The Red Lipstick Manifesta.
When describing the Manifesta, LC says...
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Mar.10.2013
Today is the official “Rock the Red Pump® Campaign” Day, a day when bloggers around the country wear red pumps and blog about women and HIV/AIDS to raise awareness of this crisis.
Launched by the Office of Women’s Health, NWGHAAD is a nationwide observance that encourages...
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Mar.08.2013
Gynger Fyer, that is!
Gynger Fyer (pronounced Ginger Fire) is an author of Interracial/Multi-cultural romance and erotic fiction. Just like her name, her stores are bold, spicy and fiery!
Fyer is an avid reader and fan of romance and erotic fiction. Writing has always been her passion.
Love,...
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Jan.25.2013
Ladies and Gentlemen, I am disturbed.
Profoundly.
Yesterday one of the interracial Facebook pages issued a warning to its fans. They sounded the alarm about a Facebook Romeo who evidently had been making the rounds of IRR and Swirl pages and cozying up to Black women. His motive?
To ask them for...
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Jan.16.2013
Yesterday our Admin ~all posted an interesting question over on The Swirl World's Facebook page.
(By the way, if you haven't visited or "Liked" our page, you're missing out on a treat: Lots of lively discussions, informative posts celebrating people of color, and spotlights on the fans. What...
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Dec.28.2012
Have you ever had anyone do something mean, malicious, or spiteful to you – all with the express purpose of sabotage? What about suffering at the hands of people who know they’re engaging in hurtful behaviors – those lovely people who are so selfish and self-centered that other people’s feelings...
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Jul.02.2012
Whenever someone asks me about my depression I always gloss over it.
I use code words like "dark" period in my life
or I laugh about my 5 minutes with Doc (Dr. Pamela Ralph, a noted adolescent and adult psychiatrist in PA) but what I don't do is tell them about it.
Not the whole truth anyway...
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Dec.20.2011
I raised a huge stink today. A huge stink about an online video that has gone viral. A big old stink with a party of one on my Facebook Wall. The place that is not open to the general public. A place where supposed "Friends" Gather.
A party of one person. An African...
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Aug.19.2011
I sat in the small, too warm auditorium of the Okolona Mississippi Elementary school totally enraptured. As a writer, I was experiencing a true Nirvana! In front of me was a group of internationally recognized journalist and authors and the room was sizzling. As enjoyable as this occasion was for...
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